Steve Jobs, Snooki, And 8 More Celebrities Who Were Adopted

You don't have to be celeb-obsessed to know Brangelina adopted three of their six children. It's also commonly known that Sandra Bullock adopted her son Louis. (Hello cute People Magazine cover.) When we started to count the number of famous people who have adopted we got to 23 before realizing this was more than a trend.

And it isn't even a new one. Barbara Walters, Ed McMahon, Ronald Reagan and Walt Disney all adopted children in their day.

What's lesser known, though, are which celebrities were adopted themselves. And so, as National Adoption Month ends, we bring you a list of the most notable -- and surprising -- adoptees:

Born: April 22, 1937, New Jersey
Adopted By: His maternal grandparents (unofficially). Born to New Jersey showgirl June Nicholson when she was still a teenager, Nicholson believed his mother was his sister until TIME magazine called him to verify information in an article.

Born: December 18, 1954, New York, NY
Adopted By: Mary and Alfred Liotta, Newark, New Jersey. The "Goodfellas" star found his birth mother in 1997 after hiring a private investigator. "It has affected me since I was little. When I was younger I felt like damaged good," he has said about it.

Born: February 24, 1955
Died: October 05, 2011
Adopted By: Clara and Paul Jobs. Jobs' biological sister, novelist Mona Simpson, found him in 1985 and let the world know about his last words when she delivered a eulogy at his funeral last month.

Born: June 23, 1957
Adopted By: Noreen E. and Vernon W. McDormand of Chicago, Illinois. The future actress was adopted by a registered nurse and a Disciples of Chris pastor, who also adopted McDormand's two biological siblings.

Born: May 31, 1961
Adopted By: Ira and Rhoda of New Jersey. "I was adopted, and although I loved my adoptive parents, I always wondered why my biological parents gave me up. Like many adoptees, I subconsciously felt unloved and unlovable," Stanger wrote in the book "Become Your Own Matchmaker."

Born: September 21, 1981, Berkeley, CA.
Adopted By: Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey. The couple took Nicole into their home at the age of 3, after her biological parents -- one of whom was a musician who toured with Lionel -- couldn't financially look after her. Nicole was legally adopted at age 9.